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Incantations to the Female-Male Principle
Incantations to the Female-Male Principle

Incantations to the Female-Male Principle

Tsukioka Settei (Japanese, 1710–1786)
An'ei era (1772–81)
Medium/TechniqueHandscroll; ink, color, gold, and mica on silk
DimensionsImage: 27.8 x 412 cm (10 15/16 x 162 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.09.242
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1909, sold by an unidentified collector or dealer in Japan to William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1909, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1909)
Tsukioka Settei
Meiwa era (1764–72)
The Elephant's Leash
Chôbunsai Eishi
Bunka era (1804–18)
Collection of Suggestive Pictures
Katsukawa Shunchô
About late Tenmei (1781–89) to early Kansei (1789–1801) eras
Katsukawa Shun'ei
about early Kansei era (1789–1801)
One Man Making Love to Ten Women
Artist unknown, Japanese
about Kyôwa (1801–04) - early Bunka (1804–18) eras
Courtesan
Tsukioka Settei
1781 (Tenmei 1 or An'ei 10)
Geisha
Tsukioka Settei
1781 (Tenmei 1 or An'ei 10)
Waitress
Tsukioka Settei
1781 (Tenmei 1 or An'ei 10)
Woman Collecting Brine to Make Salt
Tsukioka Settei
about 1781 (Tenmei 1 or An'ei 10)
Ono no Komachi Praying for Rain
Tsukioka Settei
dated 1778 (An'ei 7)
Tsukioka Settei
dated 1781 (Tenmei 1 or An'ei 10)